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Senate backs misdemeanor charges for heroin, cocaine possession
SACRAMENTO -- The state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would allow prosecutors to file misdemeanor instead of felony charges in cases of simple possession of heroin, cocaine and other hard drugs. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said he...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Mark Leno, Roderick Wright, Jim Nielsen
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Mexico government downplays deadly violence
MEXICO CITY — The new government of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has sought to downplay the deadly violence that has long haunted much of Mexico and that he repeatedly pledged to reduce. But the country's killers aren't cooperating....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico, Newspaper and Magazine, National Government, War Crimes
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19 charged in undercover drug probe at San Diego County schools
Nineteen people are being charged with selling drugs after an undercover operation at four high schools in northern San Diego County by youthful sheriff's deputies posing as students, officials said Tuesday. Nine are current or former students and 10...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, OxyContin (drug)
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Trial for 1987 slaying of Jimmy Casino to wrap up
He was a smooth-talking swindler who operated Orange County's most notorious and lucrative strip club, the Mustang Topless Theater. Born James Stockwell, he rebranded himself Jimmy Casino and lived the extravagant lifestyle of a character from an Elmore...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Dining and Drinking, Justice System, Culture
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Ex-L.A. County sheriff's jailer gets 2 1/2 years in bribery, drug case
A former Los Angeles County sheriff's jailer was convicted Friday on charges related to taking a $700 bribe and smuggling cocaine behind bars, prosecutors said. Remington Orr, 25, pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and possession of a controlled...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Former L.A. County sheriff's jailer convicted of taking bribe
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s jailer was convicted Friday on charges related to taking a $700 bribe and smuggling cocaine behind bars, prosecutors said. Remington Orr, 25, pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and possession of a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Amazon pilots (Part 3): The comedies
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn two previous posts, I discussed the Amazon pilots, a slate of proposed series by the cyberspace bookseller turned virtual moving-picture studio, now streaming online for viewer comment and ratings. (Thousands have already chimed in.) The first post was...Tags: Onion News Network (tv program), Sundance Channel (tv network), Jeffrey Tambor, Jonah Hill, Music Theater
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Designer Marc Jacobs' film debut is a real 'Disconnect'
Marc Jacobs isn't one to shy away from fashion risks. The often iconoclastic superstar designer — who has become synonymous with a certain young, casually cool New York state of mind — helped usher in the controversial "heroin chic" look in...
Tags: Dunkin' Donuts, Celebrities, Fashion Trends, Movies, Andrea Riseborough
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Abuse-resistant OxyContin will be only version available: FDA
Three years after it approved a version of the opioid analgesic OxyContin designed to discourage the painkiller's abuse, the Food and Drug Administration has effectively barred the original form of the drug from ever reaching the legal U.S. market. The...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Medical Research, Pain, Chemical Industry, OxyContin (drug)
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Attorney smuggled heroin into jail in greeting card, D.A. says
Prosecutors charged an attorney with half a dozen felony counts for allegedly trying to smuggle heroin into an L.A. County jail inside a greeting card. Stephen Beecher, 61, who was arrested April 9, faces counts including conspiracy, bringing drugs into...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Ryan Seacrest, Television Industry, Prosecution
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Review: Racing toward oblivion via 'Trainspotting'
Unfortunately for Roger Mathey's Seat of Your Pants Productions, the company behind the enthusiastically assaultive "Trainspotting" at the Elephant Theatre, neither the L.A. Drama Critics Circle nor the L.A. Stage Alliance offers an award for most...
Tags: Trainspotting (movie), Danny Boyle, Arts and Culture
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Alleged O.C. drug dealer charged with murder in overdose death
An alleged Mission Viejo drug dealer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman by providing her with a lethal dose of drugs and then refusing to take her to the hospital after she lost consciousness....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Justice System, Alprazolam (drug), OxyContin (drug)
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